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Capricornus (Goat, Cap) | ||||
subject | fact |
Capricornus | is a part of Zodiac | |
has historical image | ||
has genitive Capricorni | ||
has boundary | ||
has synonym Goat | ||
has historical origin a goat with a fish tail | ||
has acronym Cap | ||
is an instance of zodiacal constellation | ||
zodiacal constellation | has historical purpose to approximately represent the month in which the Sun occupies this constellation | |
is a part of Zodiac | ||
constellation | is a part of celestial sphere | |
has component asterism | ||
has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions | ||
equatorial sky area | is defined using equatorial coordinates | |
quantity | has unit | |
number | has value |
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